PC as Best Gaming Hardware of All Time - Golden Joystick Awards 2021 Winners

We got to know the winners of this year's Golden Joystick awards, a poll organized by GamesRadar, which enables the players themselves to choose the best titles of the year. This is one of the oldest events of its kind (the statuettes were awarded for the 39th time).

Voters named Resident Evil Village as the best game of the year. Capcom's hit survival horror also triumphed in the Best PlayStation Game and Best Sound Design categories. In addition, the actress playing the role of Lady Dimitrescu, Maggie Robertson, won the Role of the Year category.

The best game of all time, in turn was awarded to the first Dark Souls. The hardware of the year was PlayStation 5, and PC won in the category of best hardware of all time. The latter award was collected by Gabe Newell. In a short speech he praised the PC as a gaming platform, emphasizing that the entire industry has benefited from the innovations developed for PC hardware.

It's also worth mentioning that the critics' statuette for the game of the year went to the shooter Deathloop.

Golden Joystick Awards 2021 winners

Best game of the year:

1. Resident Evil Village

PC game of the year:

1. Hitman 3

Nintendo console game of the year:

1. Metroid Dread

Xbox console game of the year:

1. Psychonauts 2

PlayStation console game of the year:

1. Resident Evil Village

Mobile game of the year:

1. League of Legends: Wild Rift

Best game of all time:

1. Dark Souls

Most anticipated game:

1. Elden Ring

Best gaming hardware of 2021:

1. PlayStation 5

Best hardware of all time:

1. PC

Best story:

1. Life is Strange: True Colors

Best multiplayer game:

1. It Takes Two

Best sound:

1. Resident Evil Village

Best visuals

1. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

Best game expansion:

1. Ghost of Tsushima: Iki Island Expansion

Best indie game:

1. Death's Door

Studio of the Year:

1. Capcom

Best actress

1. Maggie Robertson (Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village)

Breakthrough performance award

1. Housemarque Studio

Best game community:

1. Final Fantasy XIV Online

Best developed game:

1. Final Fantasy XIV Online

Critics' choice award for best game of 2021:

1. Deathloop